New Surfer Kicks

I just spent over 20 minutes letting Internet Explorer install it's newest version on my laptop. Of course, the first three times I tried to open it after installing and then restarting my computer it crashed. Fourth time it worked, but froze up for like 8 minutes and then everything looked weird as hell.

I'd had it. Internet Explorer has been giving me fits for months. Freezing up all the time, screwing with my surfing and blogging and status updating and such.

So I decided to do something I'd been considering for some time. I went over to mozilla.com and downloaded the latest version of Firefox.

Soooooooo much better.

Now, does anyone know if I can actually uninstall IE? I've tried locating it in my control panel in the add/remove software section but apparently it's trickier than I thought to find.

Of course with my luck, it's impossible to remove IE and I'll be stuck with it hiding in the corner pointing it's nasty little finger at me, hexing me for replacing it and hoping some loser friend of its' gives me a Trojan virus.

Well sorry IE. You're nothing to me. Dead to me. I'm moving on.

Comments

Chip said…
Firefox has an issue with memory leaks.... Get Google Chrome.

As far as uninstalling IE, open your control panel (Start | Control Panel), find either "Add/Remove Programs" or "Programs and Features" (depending on your version of Windows) and open it.

In there, off to the side or something, there will be a link to something about Windows programs or features.

In there, you'll see Internet Explorer. Just uncheck it and click "OK" or "Apply".

Done! Thy dragon shall be slayed.

Oh, don't uninstall until you settle on a replacement so you can import bookmarks :)
July 13, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Angela said…
As long as the memory doesn't leak onto my leg while I use my laptop, it's okay with me (especially since I have no idea what mem leaks are).

And thanks, I'll be uninstalling IE before too long. On this and my desktop.
July 14, 2011 at 5:32 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Digital Camera Help...

I recently bought a Kodak EasyShare M863 camera at Circuit City. I am not thrilled with the quality of pictures and some of the camera's functions. Mind you, I've only taken about 50 pictures so far, but when I uploaded them to my laptop and viewed them on the screen, they just looked horrible. My old camera was a Sony Cybershot DSC-S600. It took GREAT pictures but it had a lot of mechanical issues. I'd sent it back to the factory three times and it could really be worked on agian, but alas, my warranty is kaputz. So I've snapped off my usual fare of en route, on the road pictures and all of them suck. I've tried about 5 of the major "settings" and it doesn't seem to matter what I do, but they all turn out grainy and "foggy" and just crummy. For the money I paid for this camera it should take better quality pictures. Of course, today I reviewed the new camera online via various sites and it seems that the "crummy picture syndrome"
Read more

Open Forum

I have been thinking about opening myself up for questions and inquiry on both a personal and professional level recently. Today I decided I'd go for it. I am opening the floor to you, my readers, to ask me anything. Now, please understand that I have the right to refuse to answer any question I do no feel will be productive or at least entertaining. I am hoping for some really interesting questions, so don't disappoint me! I also would appreciate keeping things G or at least PG, in case there are young impressionable's reading this blog. I am anxious to see what you want to know about me and my life on the road. As questions come in and I have time to answer them, I will post them as individual blogs. So stay tuned... this should get interesting!
Read more

Don't Panic

It's just a facelift. I was tired of the orange and green swirly background. I'm not sure I like this one but it's gonna have to do until I find something more suitable. Sorry.
Read more